BARCELONA, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Enables 'Smart Caps' Approach to Fair Bandwidth Usage

Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today
announced the new Policy and Charging Rules (PCRF) - compliant Bridgewater(R)
Policy Controller 1000 and 3000 systems. Bridgewater also announced today
that it has won a Tier 1 mobile service provider customer 
(http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/2008-News-Releases.aspx) for the Policy
Controller.

News

    - The Bridgewater Policy Controller 1000 and 3000 are carrier-grade,
      standards-based policy systems that intelligently manage network
      resources and subscriber access to applications in real-time. The new
      systems feature Bridgewater's Smart Caps(TM) fair usage bandwidth
      controls and certified transaction capacity that enable service
      providers to improve the subscriber experience as mobile data services
      grow. They are an evolution of Bridgewater's market leading Policy
      Controller product which is deployed in service provider networks
      around the world.

    - These systems revolutionize the way service providers predict, manage
      and deliver mobile data services by:

    - Optimizing mobile data network investments. Transaction-based
      systems lower operational costs by efficiently managing core and
      leased network capacity as well as radio access network congestion.

    - Applying Bridgewater's Smart Caps to ensure fair bandwidth
      usage. Smart Caps deliver a superior subscriber experience by
      applying precise controls that adjust bandwidth levels based on
      real-time factors such as the subscriber's bandwidth usage during a
      mobile data session, roaming status, and level of network
      congestion.

    - Personalizing service plans. Service providers can notify
      subscribers when they are near usage quotas, provide a temporary
      bandwidth boost, offer a service extension, or rebalance subscriber
      bandwidth consumption to comply with policies. Custom fair usage
      policies can be applied across flat-rate, metered or pre-paid
      plans.

    - A recent Heavy Reading report entitled "Policy Control & DPI: The New
      Broadband Imperative" named Bridgewater Systems a 'clear leader' among
      policy specialists and concluded that "the policy area has great
      promise as a means for service providers to add value to their IP-
      derived service offerings...if it fulfills that promise...the policy
      business will quickly become a multi-billion dollar market
      opportunity."

    - The Bridgewater Policy Controller 1000 and 3000 systems are fully
      compliant with the 3GPP PCRF specifications with Gx and Gy interfaces
      for 3G UMTS/HSPA networks. It will meet evolving LTE requirements and
      interoperate with leading networking vendors.

Quotes

Stephen Chau, Chief Technology Officer, SmarTone-Vodafone

"Our successful deployment of the Bridgewater Policy Controller has
allowed us to deliver an unbeatable customer experience by offering
personalized service tiers and on-demand application access, while optimizing
network performance using flexible fair usage policies."

Graham Finnie, Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading

"Standards-based policy control is becoming critical as service providers
seek to profit from the explosive growth in mobile data, and vendors who can
demonstrate compliance with standards are in a strong position to benefit
from the growth in deployment of this kind of equipment."

David Sharpley, Senior Vice President, Bridgewater Systems

"Bridgewater's transaction-based model to manage and profit from mobile
data services and our Smart Cap approach to fair bandwidth usage are unique
in the industry. By proactively adapting to network conditions and subscriber
behaviors in real-time, our Policy Controller systems deliver a superior and
personalized subscriber experience."

Tags/Keywords

Bridgewater Systems, Policy Controller, PCRF, UMTS, GSM, Fair Usage,
Mobile Personalization, Bandwidth Management, Heavy Reading

Links

    http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/2008-News-Releases.aspx
    http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/Policy-Controller.aspx
    http://www.bridgewatersystems.com/Assets/Downloads/Whitepapers/Policy_Control_Smart_Caps.pdf
    http://www.heavyreading.com/details.asp?sku_id=2264&skuitem_itemid(equal sign)1133&promo_co



Visit Bridgewater Systems and see the Policy Controller Demonstration at
Mobile World Congress, Hall 1-Stand 1G59, February 16-19, 2009, Barcelona,
Spain.

About Bridgewater Systems

Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, enables service
providers to efficiently manage and profit from mobile data services, content
and commerce. The company's market leading mobile personalization portfolio
provides a real-time, unified view of subscribers including entitlements,
devices, networks, billing profiles, preferences and context. Anchored by
Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker(TM), the portfolio of carrier-grade and
standards-based products includes the Bridgewater(R) Service Controller
(AAA), the Bridgewater(R) Policy Controller (PCRF) and the Bridgewater(R)
Home Subscriber Server (HSS). More than 100 leading service providers
including America Movil, Bell Canada, Clearwire, Hutchison Telecom, Leap
Wireless, Scartel, SmarTone-Vodafone, Sprint, Tatung, Telmex, Telstra, and
Verizon Wireless use Bridgewater's solutions to rapidly deliver innovative
mobile services to over 150 million subscribers. For more information, visit
us at www.bridgewatersystems.com.

Bridgewater, Bridgewater Systems, the Bridgewater Systems logo, WideSpan,
and Subscriber Data Broker are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Bridgewater Systems Corporation. All other company, product names and any
registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification
purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements
or forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities
laws and are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of such laws.
Statements related to potential benefits of, and demand for, Bridgewater's
products including statements with respect to the features and benefits that
may be achieved through the use of Bridgewater's products and the relative
position of these products vis-à-vis competitive offerings in the industry
are forward-looking statements which are subject to certain assumptions,
risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
such statements. Risk factors that may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of Bridgewater to differ materially from the results,
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Bridgewater from time to time with Canadian securities regulatory
authorities. Bridgewater assumes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.

For further information: Joanne Steinberg, Bridgewater Systems,
joanne.steinberg@bridgewatersystems.com, +1-613-591-9104 extension 2032,
+1-613-884-8831; Audrey Blackburn, MS&L EMEA,
audrey.blackburn@mslworldwide.com, +44(0)20-7878-3255